Composite side wall structure



Oct. 24, 1933. J, KUBLANOW 1,932,275

GOMPOSITE SIDE WALL STRUCTURE F 'iled Feb; 11, 1952 I Fir i. 1

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PATENT OFFICE 1,932,275- COMPOSITE SIDE WALL STRUCTURE Joseph Kublanow, Pittsburgh, Pa. Application February 11, 1932. Serial No. 592,240

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in composite side ,wall structures more particularly to a wire mesh form ed to constitute a plurality of basket-like portions for receiving brick veneering is among the objects thereof to provide a sidewall structure in whichvthe brick veneer or tile is adapted to walls of dwelling houses or be mounted on the the like in staggered relation and in which the veneer blocks are permanently secured mortar or the like,

in their assembled position by whereby the, mounting means or wire mesh structure for holding the veneer or tile is constituted finished wall struc A further object of vision of a facing with grooves or shoulders properly supported spaced relation to a reinforcing element in the ture.

the invention is the probrick which shall be provided that cooperate with a portion of a wire mesh strucin place whereby they become in alinement. and in suitable provide spaces between adjacent tile or bricks for receiving mortar or the like.

- In my copending filed December 17,

application Serial No. 581,625, 1931, I have disclosed a composite side wall structure utilizing wire mesh for holding the brick tion is a modification of the veneer and thepresent invenform of such mesh which difiers from the meshvshown in the aforementioned application primarily in that it is provided with portion s which coact with cooperating veneer members.

The invention will become more apparent from a consideration ofthe accompanying drawing constituting a part hereof in which like reference characters designate like parts and in which? 'Figure 1 is a fr Figure 2 a cross ont elevational View of a wire sectional lines IIII of Figure 1; I

Figure 3 a view in perspective of the wire-mesh; Figure 4 an elevational view of a short strand of the wire mesh showing one means of providing engaging members or abutments which cooperate with a portion of the brick veneering Figure 5 a similar view of a modified form of a wire member;

Figure 6 a from t elevational view of a tile or brick facing member;

Figure '7 a cross sectional view of a tile having a groove formed therein; and,

Figure 8 an end elevational view of the brick veneer of the type having a shoulder for engagement with the abutting element of the wire.

With reference to the several figures of the view taken along the provided in the drawing, the structure therein illustrated comprises a wire mesh havinglongitudinal wires 1 and cross wires 2 of substantially the same cross sectional area as shown in Figure 3 of the drawing, the longitudinal members 1 being provided with off-set portions 3, and the cross wires 2 having off-set portions 4 spaced between two adjacent strands of the longitudinal wire members 1.

As shown in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawing, there are two extensions or off-sets 3 provided on the longitudinal strands between adjacent off-set members 4 of the .cross strands so that there are two of the abutments 3 engaging one tile or brick veneer member 5, and in Figure 5 there is but one off-set abutment 6 for engaging the shoulder or groove of the veneer block 5. v

The width of the abutments 3 and the abutments 4 are such .as to cause them to lie in the mortar-joints formed by the spacing of adjacent veneer blocks or tile and these projecting abutments are covered with the mortar after the joints are filled. r

In Figure 2 of the drawing, the veneer blocks 5 are shown assembled in the basket like mesh of the wire structure with their shoulders '7 engaged by the projecting abutments 3.

' In Figure '7, the veneer blocks 5 are shown as provided with a groove 8 instead of an ofi-set or shoulder '7, this groove being a slot for receiving the projecting abutments 3 of the wire mesh to hold the veneer blocks in place.

As shown in Figure 2, the bottom of the shoulder '7 seats against a shoulder 9 formed by a bend in the cross wires 2 and with the projecting abutments 3 intimately contacting the shoulder '7 of the block, they are firmly secured in place ready to receive the mortar in the spacing or joints.

3 are employed instead of the shoulders, they neednot extend the full length of the block, but such grooves may be central portion only of the blocks as is shown in Figure 6 of the drawing. It is, of course, obvious that the groove may extend the full length of the block.

Similarly, the shoulder '7 in the type of block shown in Figure 8, need not extend the full length of the blockbut may only be formed in the region where the brick will be engaged by the abutments 3 or 6;

By virtue of the crimps or bends formed in the longitudinal and cross wires 1. and 2 both in a horizontal and vertical plane, the wire structure is in the form of a structural element and is very rigid.

Inn/ mounting the side wall structure as displace on the side wall of a closed herein, the wire mesh is first secured in dwelling or building by securing the wire strands at intervals with suitable staples with the longitudinal wires 1 constituting the mortar line, or the facing line, of the brick veneer blocks 5.

After the wire mesh has been fastened in place, the veneer blocks 5 are disposed in their basketlike receptacles by inserting the shoulder portion 7 or the groove element 8 below or into the projecting abutments 3 and then supporting the tile on the bottom strand or shoulder 9. By forming the abutments d in the cross wires 2, the bricks arespaced a distance corresponding to the width of the mortar joint and since the abutments d are provided on alternate cross wires only, the veneer tile will assume a staggered relation forming a conventional brick wall and mortar joints.

After a given number of tile have been assembled on their wire structure in the manner shown in Figure 1, the mortar joints to cover the wire structure completely as well as the shoulder and groove portion of the veneer blocks 5.

In the completed assembled side wall structure, the cross strands and longitudinal strands together with the projecting abutments 3 and 4 are constituted reinforcing elements in a com posite brick and concrete wall structure which securely binds the veneer block and mortar and prevents cracking or distortion of the wall.-

From the foregoing, it is evident that composite side wall structures employing preformed wire mesh supports may be rigidly constructed to form a strong durable wall and it is also evident from the configurations of the wire mesh shown in Figure 3 that various forms of coacting or abutting portions'may be formed in the wire for engagement with shoulders, slots, or other portions of veneer block especially provided for engagement with such shapes.

' and in suitably is applied in the I claim as my invention:

1. A side wall structure comprising a wire mesh, the longitudinal strandsqof which are provided with projecting abutments extending'in a plane parallel with the wall on which the wire struc ture is supported and veneer blocks having shoulder portions adapted for engagement with said projecting abutments to hold them in assembled position spaced relation on the wall.

2. A side wall structure for dwellings or the like comprising'a wire mesh having longitudinal and transverse strands formed to provide projecting abutments for engagement with veneer blocks, said wire structure having projecting abutments extending downwardly from the longitudinal strands of the wire structure parallel with a wall and said cross strands having projecting abutments extending in the same plane as. said first named projecting abutments.

3. A composite sidewall structure comprising wire mesh and veneer blocks, the wire mesh con sisting of longitudinal and transverse strands joined to form a mesh of which the transverse strands are bent to hold the longitudinal strands in spaced relation from the side wall to which it is applied, the said longitudinal strands being projecting in one direction only, and veneer blocks having oif-set portions on one side to engage the projections of said strands to assem-= ble the blocks in spaced relation on the wall. I

JOSEPH LANOW. 

